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Hi, we're Liz Gumbinner and Kristen Chase of CoolMomPicks.com and parents to six kids between us, that we know of. We've got a microphone and more than the two minutes the Today Show gives us, and we're not afraid to use them. Join us (and some awesome celebrity guests) for candid parenting culture discussions, non-judgy (mostly) tips, and a good dose of humor, if we've had enough coffee. Which is always. Named a top podcast by The Washington Post, Mental Floss, Business Insider and Fatherly ...
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1133, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Da, You Speak Russian 1: Also called the great sturgeon, this species lends its name to a type of caviar. beluga. 2: A Russian monarch, or an American policy expert appointed by the government to tackle a particular problem. a czar. …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Books For The Young 1: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar and bad" but "all their children admired him". Huckleberry Finn. 2: This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the gr…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1131, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Better Known As... 1: Marion Morrison. John Wayne. 2: "Stardust" man David Jones. David Bowie. 3: Funnyman Cornelius Chase. Chevy Chase. 4: WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino. "Tokyo Rose". 5: Norma Jean Baker. Marilyn Monroe. Roun…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1130, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 7 1: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C. on one of a group of 7 hills. Rome. 2: In the Romanian language, this group includes Duminica, Luni and Vineri. days of the week. 3: Shivah in this religion is a 7-day period of m…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1129, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Writing Stuff 1: "Passing away" is this kind of term, an indirect substitute for something harsh or offensive. a euphemism. 2: "Uneven" 2-word term for an early version; Jefferson used it about one pass at the Declaration of Inde…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1128, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Quotable Einstein 1: "Life is like riding" one of these; "to keep your balance you must keep moving". a bicycle. 2: This "is more important than knowledge". imagination. 3: "I never think of" this period of time. "It comes soon e…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1127, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Asian Capitals 1: This capital is named for a religion. Islamabad. 2: In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later. Islamabad. 3: On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1126, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Going For Ward. With Ward in quotation marks 1: Former name for what we today call a flight attendant. a stewardess. 2: All the clothes belonging to you, or a tall piece of furniture to put them all in. a wardrobe. 3: Michael S. Evan…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakers 1: Locals in this Upstate New York City know it hosted the 1980 winter Olympics. Lake Placid. 2: Folks on the Nevada border know this lake took its name from the Washoe word for "Big Water". Lake Tahoe. 3: Workers are way abov…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1124, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dr. Alex' Old-Time Feel-Good Medicine Show 1: Muscles inflamed?Joints in pain?Dr. Alex' Youth Elixir clears away the ol' rheumatiz, or osteo- this (and it ain't "porosis"!). arthritis. 2: Make your mucous membranes merry and mirthful…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1123, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Colors Of The Rainbow 1: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music. bluegrass. 2: Sad or gloomy. blue. 3: In the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, Ralph Nader ran as a member of this party. the Green Party. …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1122, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff 1: Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient. zero. 2: Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters. won't. 3: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does. the …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1121, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: U.S. Colleges And Universities 1: Recovering from Katrina, it scheduled a makeup "lagniappe semester" starting in May 2006. Tulane. 2: The 2 founders of Yahoo! and the 2 founders of Google all attended this California school. Stanfor…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1120, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bruce Willis Movie Quotes 1: "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?". Die Hard. 2: "Dead people, like, in graves... in coffins?". The Sixth Sense. 3: "Zed's dead, bab…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1119, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: National Narratives 1: "And Quiet Flows The Don" and "The Gulag Archipelago". Russia. 2: "The Man Who Planted Trees" and "The Man In The Iron Mask". France. 3: "The Tale Of Genji" and "The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion". Japan. 4: "T…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Action Figures 1: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan". John Krasinski. 2: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round. p…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1117, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Forget U 1: Forget the "U" in this synonym for "abode" and you get this stocking. house and hose. 2: Drop the "U" from this float used to mark a navigational channel to get this male word. buoy and boy. 3: Dropping the "U" from this …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Taking The Driving Test 1: This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test. the Department of Motor Vehicles. 2: This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test. parallel parking. 3: T…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Almost Assassinated 1: August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris. Charles de Gaulle. 2: February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami. FDR. 3: May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal. Pope…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1114, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What Do You Mean? 1: In the E.R., doctors ask for things to be done immediately by using this 4-letter Latin abbreviation. Stat. 2: In restaurants this number means "all gone". 86. 3: When used with "up", this type of little house is…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Capital Nicknames 1: "The Bluegrass Capital". Frankfort. 2: "The Charter Oak City". Hartford. 3: "Arkopolis". Little Rock. 4: "The Gateway to Glacier Bay National Park". Juneau (Alaska). 5: "The Cradle of the Confederacy" and "…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Moving Journalism 1: British Airways' in-flight magazine has this name, like a Miller beer brand. High Life. 2: Different regions get different magazines from this club, AAA for short; Via and Westways are 2 of its publications. the …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1111, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ask The Nearest Hippie 1: Have you and your teenagers Mao and Cosmos resolved this, a phrase from the '60s meaning a distance between parents and kids?. the generation gap. 2: I'm late for work; do you mind moving this large Volkswag…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1110, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: That'S A Rap. With Rap in quotation marks 1: Go ahead, let your hair down reading the story of this princess locked in a tower. Rapunzel. 2: To descend a steep slope by rope. rappel. 3: Any bird of prey. raptor. 4: This 212-mile rive…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1109, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3-Name The Author 1: "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out". Louisa May Alcott. 2: "Kidnapped". Robert Louis Stevenson. 3: "The Deerslayer". James Fenimore Cooper. 4: "The Maine Woods", published posthumously in 1864. Henry David Thore…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1108, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sing That Song 1: "I Will Wait" is by this singer and sons (though they aren't really his sons). Mumford and Sons. 2: In 1970 "I'll Be There" was the fourth consecutive No. 1 hit for these siblings. The Jackson 5. 3: Bono sang, "The …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1107, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Da Or Ba Or Dee. With Da" Or "Ba" Or "Dee in quotes 1: When Santa gives these creatures P.T.O. in the summer, some travel up to 800 miles for grazing grounds. reindeer. 2: It's the last name of a film character played by both Gary Co…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1106, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: European Lit 1: Yannis Ritsos' poetry collection "O Epitafios" was symbolically burned at the foot of this hill. the Acropolis. 2: This 1759 Voltaire work attacks optimism by putting the title trusting young man through misery. Candi…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1105, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: They Don'T Live On Sesame Street 1: South African-born Ernie Els is a longtime standout performer in this pro sport. golf. 2: Bert wasn't a doctor, but Dr. Paul Bert made important studies of divers with decompression sickness, also …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1104, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Confirmation Code Is Rlktd 1: R as in this unusual way 1950s football lineman Bob St. Clair liked his meat. raw. 2: L as in this island event where you literally pig out. a luau. 3: K as in this brown seaweed that can be used as soup…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1103, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Shakespeare'S Endings 1: "With the help of your good hands, gentle breath of yours my sails must fill, or else my project fails". The Tempest. 2: "Gratiano, keep the house, and seize upon the fortunes of the Moor, for they succeed on…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1102, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Around The Vatican 1: The Vatican bank is unique in allowing ATM transactions to be conducted in this language. Latin. 2: This room with a ceiling fresco is where the Cardinals vote for a new pope. the Sistine Chapel. 3: The Vatican …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1101, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: An Imp Of A Rhyme 1: To spend time making adjustments to one's appearance. primp. 2: "Snoopy One" was one for Metlife. blimp. 3: 6-letter word meaning to economize. scrimp. 4: Crangon crangon is the scientific name for the common Eur…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1100, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Home, Sweet Home 1: From 1903 to 1957, Beauvoir, his former home in Biloxi, was a home for Confederate veterans and their widows. Jefferson Davis. 2: Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a Concord home nicknamed this; Hawthorne rented it and wr…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1099, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Waits And Measures 1: This name for a type of ounce used to measure gold comes from a city in medieval France, not ancient Turkey. the troy ounce. 2: One U.S. beer barrel contains 31 of these units; that's nearly 4,000 delicious ounc…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1098, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Heavy Metal Heroes 1: He bedeviled us as the lead singer of Black Sabbath before his reality TV fame. (Ozzy) Osbourne. 2: With his work on songs like "Hot For Teacher", some rank him as the greatest heavy metal guitarist. Eddie Van H…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1097, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nebraska, New York Or North Dakota 1: The least populous. North Dakota. 2: Its name does not have a Native American origin. New York. 3: The Oregon Trail crossed it. Nebraska. 4: The largest in area. Nebraska. 5: Its cities include M…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1096, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Things To Do On A Rainy Day 1: Learn a new one of these from Duolingo. (foreign) languages. 2: Put together one of these; the 4,000-piece world map should take you a while. a jigsaw puzzle. 3: Assume the warrior pose, mountain pose o…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1095, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Beastly Literary Characters 1: The title character of this 19th c. tale had "a pretty white star on my forehead. I was thought very handsome". Black Beauty. 2: In the original Pinocchio story, the guy given this name in the movie is …
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1094, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You Just Made That Stuff Up 1: It's the very hard-to-get substance that causes humans to set up shop on Pandora. unobtanium. 2: Fraudulin was the miracle ingredient in Crelm toothpaste in a 1970 episode by this comedy troupe. Monty P…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1093, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Be My Pal. With Pal in quotation marks 1: Under a League of Nations mandate, the British oversaw the affairs of this region from 1920 to 1948. Palestine. 2: It can mean the roof of the mouth, or more generally the sense of taste. Pal…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1092, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Quite Contrary 1: Lawyers grudgingly call this "witness" who isn't violent, just unfriendly to the case. hostile. 2: As a verb, this car part is the opposite of invigorate. Tire. 3: For a knife, it's the opposite of sharp; for a life…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1091, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Geographic Abbrev. 1: It's the SF in the airport code SFO. San Francisco. 2: AS:This U.S. Pacific territory. American Samoa. 3: SL:This West African nation. Sierra Leone. 4: MB:This Canadian province. Manitoba. 5: BH:This nation, a f…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1090, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Roman Architecture Terms 1: From the Latin for "to hear", it was a building where orators, poets and critics would speak. an auditorium. 2: Consisting of a final cold pool, a frigidarium was the third and last chamber of one of these…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1089, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: O, How Entertaining. With O in quotation marks 1: Called the "most influential work in the American musical theatre", it opens with "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin"'. Oklahoma!. 2: In 2011 Elizabeth, kid sister in this celebrated family…
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1088, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Flying... 1: The flying wedge was first used in this sport by Harvard in 1892 but became illegal due to players being brutalized. football. 2: We're not sure if this Bullwinkle pal is biologically a flying squirrel (Glaucomys sab…
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